Essays | Antagonistical

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Remote Work Made Most People Worse at Their Jobs

It liberated a small minority of high-agency workers. For the median knowledge worker, it quietly degraded the craft.

The "Skills Gap" Is a Hiring-Manager Problem

No skills gap. There's a wage gap, a training gap, and an ATS gap — all of them on the employer's side of the desk.

Open Source Maintainers Owe You Nothing

The license said no warranty. You read it. You shipped to production anyway. Stop acting surprised when the maintainer walks.

Most Productivity Apps Are Procrastination Theater

If you've rebuilt your Notion three times this year, you don't have a productivity problem. You have an avoidance hobby.

Owning a Home Is Not the Investment You Think It Is

It might be a fine purchase. It is almost certainly not a fine investment. The conflation has cost a generation a fortune.

The "Learn to Code" Era Is Over — Here's What Replaced It

A real, lucrative, time-limited trade ended. The new advice is harder to market and more honest about what actually pays.

Self-Custody Is a Liability for 95% of Crypto Holders

"Not your keys, not your coins" came from a community that lost more BTC to itself than every exchange hack combined.

The Diet That Works Is the One You'll Actually Follow

Adherence is the entire ballgame. Almost nobody talks about it because adherence does not sell hardcovers.

Travel Doesn't Change People Who Won't Change at Home

The plane ticket is not a personality. The country is not a therapist. The change happens at home, or it doesn't happen.

Mentorship Is Mostly Theater — Do This Instead

"Find a mentor" is the worst still-circulating career advice. The 30-minute coffee was never the thing.

Career · Bonus

Hustle Culture and Anti-Hustle Culture Are Both Lying to You

Two camps yelling. Both have a book to sell. Neither describes how successful careers actually work.

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